[Vol. 1] Verse 149: Gongsun Hong

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The world-famous chivalrous Guo Xie was beheaded all over the house, just because of the assertion of Gongsun Hong, the imperial historian.

"Guo Xie Yijie Buyi acts as a hero, and kills people, although Guo Xie doesn't know, but his sin is worse than murder, which is really a big rebellion."

Liu Che was originally uncertain about whether to kill Guo Xie or not, because according to the law, it is inconsistent with the law of the country to turn over old accounts after the amnesty, and whether killing Guo Xie will cause dissatisfaction among rangers everywhere also needs to be considered. However, this person has extremely high prestige among the people and great energy, and he can even make General Wei intercede for him, if he is not removed, he is like an ant crawling in his heart, which is really not happy.

Therefore, Gongsun Hong's words found him a just right excuse, that is, to kill him justifiably, and to warn all rangers, don't treat the national judge's mansion as nothing, otherwise a big rebellious hat will be buttoned down, and no matter how you fly off the wall, you will not escape death.

Gongsun Hong, the imperial historian, and Guo Xie have never met, let alone have a knot, he strongly advocated killing Guo Jie, it was because he saw through Liu Che's mind that he didn't care about Wei Qing's face, and he knew that the emperor would definitely adopt his opinion, and the result was indeed so.

Gongsun Hong is worthy of being an old man, and he can see through Liu Che's mind at a glance, so he can be favored when he is old and become Liu Che's important minister.

Gongsun Hong, a native of Xue County, Zichuan State, worked as a prison official in Xue County when he was young, and was dismissed for crimes. Gongsun Hong's family is surrounded by four walls, in order to make a living, he can only go to the beach to herd pigs, Gongsun Hong is very filial to his stepmother, and it is said to be a good talk in the local area. At the age of forty, he began to study Confucianism.

In the first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty (140 years ago), this year Liu Che ascended the throne, which was also a year for countless scholars to raise their eyebrows.

Gongsun Hong also became a member of the conscription army, and he was recruited into Beijing to become a doctor as virtuous, and at this time Gongsun Hong had entered the year of the sixtieth year.

Fate seemed to have deliberately played a joke on Gongsun Hong, and he soon received an extremely dangerous errand to envoy the Xiongnu. Gongsun Hong came back alive after a lot of hardships, however, I don't know which evil Liu Che fell into, after Gongsun Hong reported to Liu Che, Liu Che actually had a black face and scolded Gongsun Hong for being incompetent. Gongsun Hong, who had lived a handful of years, could not bear this humiliation, and afterwards he said that he was sick and returned home, and his official position was dismissed.

In the fifth year of Yuanguang (130 BC), Gongsun Hong was seventy years old, and Liu Che once again issued an order to recruit virtuous and good people, and Zichuan recommended Gongsun Hong.

This time, Gongsun Hong was reluctant to go at first, but the officials of Zichuan State did not accept this set, they determined that Gongsun Hong was the virtuous and square man that the imperial court wanted, and it was also strange that Zichuan Country had few villains and fewer talents, and it was not easy to produce an old scholar who was full of wealth, so how could there be no reason not to recommend?

Gongsun Hong had no choice but to come to Chang'an again regardless of the age of seventy, he estimated that he was old, no accident, and he would be able to return to Xue County soon, this time as a public expense tour.

Gongsun Hong went to Taichang with a relaxed mood to report, too often summoned Confucian scholars to write a strategy, although Gongsun Hong's mentality was very good, but he was still shocked by the result, among more than a hundred Confucian scholars, his strategy ranked first at first glance, and what made Gongsun Hong sad was the penultimate one.

It is said that he is still being trampled on by others at such an old age, and he must find a crack to drill into, but Gongsun Hong's strength is very incomparable, after the last failure, he has already taken these lightly, he is already in his prime, and there is a possibility of entering the ground at any time, so why bother with young people.

When Gongsun Hong was planning to return to his hometown, a small official from Taichang Mansion came over to pass the word, "The emperor has read all the countermeasures articles and put yours first, and he will summon you on another day!" ”

Gongsun Hong was stunned, what kind of thing is this, he muttered and asked, "Isn't it the penultimate one?" ”

The little official was afraid that he would be old and his ears would not be good, so he deliberately raised his voice and said, "The emperor has appointed your strategy as the first name, you still have to tidy up your clothes and wait for the summons at any time!" ”

Looking at the back of the little official's departure, Gongsun Hong couldn't help laughing, and sighed from time to time in his heart!

Liu Che soon summoned Gongsun Hong, when Gongsun Hong appeared in front of Liu Che, Liu Che saw that the old man was immortal, his appearance was strange, and he had the style of a famous man.

Gongsun Hong stayed in Chang'an, at first there was nothing to do, and there was nothing to admonish, and later when Sima Xiangru proposed to open up the southwest Yi, he was sent to the southwest to inspect, Gongsun Hong came back from the inspection, and strongly advised that there was no need to spend national resources to manage the southwest wilderness, but Liu Che did not adopt.

Gongsun Hong repeatedly admonished not to use, Gongsun Hong simply changed the style of advice, and every time in the future, he only put forward a point of view, which was decided by Liu Che, even if the advice was not adopted, he would not refute it, let alone argue with his colleagues in the court. In Liu Che's view, Gongsun Hong is a loyal person. His court can't lack outspoken courtiers like Ji Di, nor can it lack loyal people like Gongsun Hong.

Gongsun Hong became an old slippery head, and won Liu Che's appreciation in the process of figuring out Liu Che's thoughts, and within two years, he was promoted to Zuo Neishi and became Liu Che's close minister.

Gongsun Hong got the benefits, and slowly realized the wonders of being an official, it was very easy for him to be Liu Che's official, as long as Liu Che was happy, he could rise step by step, and he would be able to rise step by step.

Gongsun Hong has become an old slippery head, and even often makes private appointments with his colleagues to discuss together, but when he comes to Liu Che, he puts the agreement with his colleagues behind him, and only follows Liu Che's preferences.

This annoyed the upright ministers, and Ji Di once played Liu Che on this matter, saying that Gongsun Hong was a fraud, and promised to make suggestions with us, but often violated his position as soon as he went to the court, and was not loyal enough.

Liu Che specially found Gongsun Hong for this purpose, but Gongsun Hong said indifferently, "People who know me think I'm loyal, and people who don't know me think I'm disloyal!" ”

Gongsun Hong's honesty made Liu Che admire him very much, and this old man seemed to have a very light view of fame and fortune, so he was even more convinced that he was a loyal person.

In the third year of Yuan Shuo (126 years ago), Gongsun Hong was promoted to the imperial historian, at this time, Wei Qing took the Hetao area, and the master father Yan Yan said to set up Shuofang County, which was easy to manage, Gongsun Hong opposed, he not only opposed the establishment of Shuofang County, but also opposed the development of the southwest. In order to make this old minister change his mind, Liu Che deliberately asked the courtier to criticize Gongsun Hong on the favorable side of the matter, but Gongsun Hong couldn't find a reason, so he could only quickly give up his principles and apologize. He knew very well in his heart that if he continued to stubbornly fight with the emperor, I am afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.

Soon after, Gongsun Hong's trouble came again, Ji Di couldn't see Gongsun Hong's hypocrisy, and criticized Gongsun Honggui as the third duke, and he had a lot of money, but he was covered with a quilt, and he was obviously a fraudster. Liu Che had to invite Gongsun Hong again and ask what was going on.

After all, Gongsun Hong has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows that this kind of thing is difficult to argue, so it is better to boast about his honesty and integrity.

This move really had a miraculous effect, and Liu Che thought that Gongsun Hong was courteous and magnanimous, so he became more and more respectful.

In the fifth year of Yuan Shuo (124 BC), Gongsun Hong was 76 years old and reached the apex of the ministers. The prime minister's title also started with him.

Gongsun Hong showed his generosity and generosity, and every meal he had was simple, and he used it to support his customers and gain a good reputation, but in fact this was not the case.

Gongsun Hong never showed mercy when he attacked those who offended him, and many people fell under his retaliation, including the Confucian master Dong Zhongshu, who was quite scheming.